Chapter 6: The Invasion
=Gaia, Equestria, Canterlot Mountain, The Base of Canterlot Mountain, 1003 C.E. =
Daring Do could only feel the words that she could have said die in her throat as she looked up to the remains of the ship that she knew the Doctor was on. Everything became too blurred up to even think straight. She forgot to think about Trixie, who had also been on board the ship. She couldn't think about how Romana must have felt in this situation. She couldn't even get a clear grip on how she felt right now as she watched. Emotions were too difficult to even have at the moment. She couldn't focus on anything at all, and felt like she was about to faint.
"Hello, you two." Said the Doctor as he and Trixie walked up behind them.
Sure enough, Daring Do passed right out to the ground.
"I think you caught her at a bad moment there." Romana noted as she hugged him (Which was slightly awkward in pony form).
"Yes, I suppose so." The Doctor said.
"So how were you able to get out?" Romana asked.
"Luckily, I was able to jam the airlock open and we ejected from the ship." The Doctor said. "Landing wasn't pleasant though."
"Well, I'm glad." Romana said as they lifted up the passed out Daring Do to her hooves and carried her along.
"Well, what must we do now?" Trixie asked.
"I'm not sure." The Doctor said. "But I know that we have to get up to that main Cyber-Ship. That's where the Cyber-Controller is. And they might still have the capabilities to bomb this planet with the two remaining ships."
"So how are we supposed to do that then?" Trixie said. "Trixie's last attempt at teleportation has left her exhausted."
The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver. "I'm sure there's more in you than you think."
=Outer Space, In Orbit Above the Planet Gaia, The Main Cyber-Ship, The Corridors, 1003 C.E. =
There was a flash of light, and The Doctor, Romana, Daring Do, and Trixie appeared in the middle of the corridors of the Cyber-Ship. This finally made Trixie pass out to the floor from exhaustion. They loaded her and Daring Do, who was also still unconscious, into the back of a storage unit to make sure that no Cyberman would just come along and see them and kill them right there while they were helpless. They walked down the corridors.
Meanwhile, in the Cyber-Computer room, the Cyber-Controller was discussing their strategy on the destruction of all who might have seen the Cybermen down on the planet.
"I have an idea." Said the Cyber-Planner. "I am connected to the Cyber-Computer to make strategies based on the Cybermen information system. Perhaps if I was connected to the brain of a specimen down there, I could make strategies based on the specimen's knowledge."
"Indeed. I shall bring you the s-s-specimen that you need." Said the Cyber-Controller as it walked over to give the order.
Back in the corridors, The Doctor and Romana were searching through the corridors for something that would prove quite important for them. They decided to search the cockpit and the Cyber-Computer room last, as those were the rooms with the most Cybermen that could see them and shoot them where they stood. They walked through the corridors carefully, hoping not to see any Cybermen.
"I wish we knew our around Cyber-Ships better than we do now." Romana noted simply.
"I know the way just fine." The Doctor said as he threw open a door…
And was faced with a Cyberman that grabbed them and pulled them through the door.
Daring Do began to come to in the closet, but the first thing to wake her up was a Cyberman hand grabbing her over her mouth and dragged her along out of the closet. This shocked almost to the point of fainting again, but she wasn't quite unconscious. She saw Trixie the same way, and watched as they appeared to be taken towards the ship prison.
And sure enough, it was a prison. She was pushed into a cage along with Trixie, and another Cyberman pushed The Doctor and Romana in to the cage as well.
They sat there for a while, not saying anything to each other. They watched as the Cybermen received orders from the Cyber-Leader. So, eventually, one of them walked in to the cage, and before any of them could say anything, one of them grabbed Trixie and pulled her out of the cage and dragged her away. They must have deciphered that she would know the most about current events on the planet below.
The Doctor immediately pulled out his sonic screwdriver. As he whirred it, it opened the cage and disabled the Cyber-Guards all in only 5 minutes. "Gosh, that was easy." he said as he and the others ran out of the room.
"Where are we going?" Romana asked.
"To find Trixie." The Doctor said. "I hope we won't be too late."
=Outer Space, In Orbit Above the Planet Gaia, The Main Cyber-Ship, The Cyber-Computer Room, 1003 C.E. =
The Cyber-Leader rigged up everything for the experiment and had detached the Cyber-Planner from the computer. "Bring in the subject we captured from the planet."
A shivering pony was brought in to the room. The Cyber-Planner was attached to his head. The pony screamed as the Cyber-Planner latched onto his brain. Once this was complete, the pony stopped screaming and his eyes went dead. But then his nose and ears began to bleed rapidly.
"Take me off! Take me off!" The Cyber-Planner yelled.
The Cyber-Leader pulled the Cyber-Planner off the dead pony's head. "Bring in the next subject!" he called out.
They then began to push Trixie though the room and towards the Cyber-Planner as she desperately tried to pull away.
The Cyber-Controller watched this stoically. It certainly didn't look like there was any other way this would happen. Absolutely no way out now.